THE MAP´S SYMBOLS Test yourself! The map over the school of Hamburgersund is drawn according to ISSOM. It differs in some details from the forest map (inset).Correct answers as follow: Back to Cont...
HOW CAN THE SCHOOL GET HELP? The map is an educational toolMaps and compasses are closely interconnected when you navigate in forest or cities. To learn orienteering and at the same time achieve the ...
FIVE MAP SYMBOLS HAVE DISAPPEARED, exercise Compare these maps with each other. On the map at the bottom five symbols have disappeared. Which? Compare these maps with each other. On the map at the...
COMPARE THE TERRAIN TO THE MAP Test yourself! The following images are photographed at the World Cup during the first WC sprint relay 2014 in Turkey. Put photos of the terrain together with the corre...
TO UNDERSTAND HILLS AND VALLEYS, exercise Test yourself! To the right you will find profiles of 10 different hills. Beside you will find the map of the hills. These are drawn from the top. Put the co...
THE MAP´S SYMBOLS Test yourself! The map is drawn according to ISSOM. It differs in some details from the forest map (inset). Complete in the boxes with numbers you believe match the controls (correc...
IMPLEMENTATION Generally The following courses check if the students can orientate the map correctly (red to red), and plan and move between several locations in an unknown and some hilly area (e.g....
ASSESSMENT YEAR 9, AGE 15 Assessment of the student’s knowledge is always a hard nut to crack for most of teachers. It’s ”knowledge of map” that should be assessed mainly, not how fast the student ru...
MICRO AND NIGHT ORIENTEERING Micro OrienteeringMicro Orienteering is something you can implement in a very, very small area. Suitable areas can be playgrounds, small groves, small parks or the map o...
ORIENTEERING WITH GPS WOD POP-IN, orienteering by gps and O-map in smartphoneAs you maybe know the organiser of WOC2016 created a new possibility to enjoy orienteering in new different way. They ca...
ADVENTURE DAY BY ORIENTEERING ”The school battle” This proposal of “Adventure Day” is based on cooperation between the students, knowledge of nature, outdoor activity, mathematics, orienteering and a...
ORIENTEERING IN THE SPIRIT OF LINNAEUS Systema naturaeSystema Naturae is a book written by Carl Linnaeus, and the first draft was published in 1735. In the book Linnaeus describes all species of plan...
ORIENTEERING AMONG MATHEMATICAL FORMULAS An Orienteering lesson in MathematicsUsing the map below, and mathematical formulas, answer a number of questions regarding:• Area• Perimeter• Volume • Mass• ...
ALPINE ORIENTEERING Downhill skiing at high speed!In our daily life we face lots of different maps and we are informed constantly with different messages. At the ski slopes, both in Sweden and abroad...
MOBO, MOBile Orienteering All in one! MOBO (Mobile Orienteering) involves the use of a smartphone or a tablet instead of the traditional paper map. MOBO is available worldwide, but you find these map...
GET TO KNOW YOUR SCHOOL Permanent orienteering courses can be useful to get more spontaneous use of maps. Photoorienteering in different ways usually work very well. Bosön IFHS is an example of how t...